ROME, July 4 (Reuters) - Italian defence company Finmeccanica denied on Saturday a website report that it was in talks with a Libyan sovereign fund over the sale of a stake of up to 10 percent.
'Finmeccanica categorically denies all news relating to purported negotiations with a Libyan sovereign fund over the possible sale of stakes,' the company said in a statement.
Italian website Dagospia said on Saturday the Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company was mulling an investment of around 600 million euros ($841 million) in the company, without citing sources.
Finmeccanica's Chief Executive Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini told Reuters last month he was unaware of any interest from Libya or Abu Dhabi state investment agency Mubadala in buying a stake. ($1=.7133 Euro) Keywords: FINMECCANICA LIBYA/ (silvia.aloisi@thomsonreuters.com; +39 06 8522 4392, Reuters Messaging: silvia.aloisi.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'Finmeccanica categorically denies all news relating to purported negotiations with a Libyan sovereign fund over the possible sale of stakes,' the company said in a statement.
Italian website Dagospia said on Saturday the Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company was mulling an investment of around 600 million euros ($841 million) in the company, without citing sources.
Finmeccanica's Chief Executive Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini told Reuters last month he was unaware of any interest from Libya or Abu Dhabi state investment agency Mubadala in buying a stake. ($1=.7133 Euro) Keywords: FINMECCANICA LIBYA/ (silvia.aloisi@thomsonreuters.com; +39 06 8522 4392, Reuters Messaging: silvia.aloisi.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.